Horse 8/10 lame after felxion but sound before

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Hi Guys,

My mare has an operation to remove her manica flexoria and repair her torn tendon sheath in her right hind last year. She is sound when ridden hacking or in the school and when trotted up. however the minute she is flexion tested she is 8/10 lame on the left hind and 7/0 on the right hind. Can anyone advise how to deal with this as my vet said it's not worth scaning her HELP please
 
Can you get her referred to a different vet?

Flexion tests can be a bit contraversial but at 7/8 tenths lame I would want to have a bit more of an investigate myself too!
 
ditto above - i'm not a fan of them - id be very surprised if my mare passed one and she'll do 6hrs hunting sound as a pound (inc the next day ;)) but that is not just a little bit off - that's a whole lot lame :(
 
is she's sound and happy the rest of the time then just dont flex her? it could just be really sore to be held up and flexed due to the previous surgery but if she's happy and completely sound the rest of the time (and i mean sound on trot up, lunge on hard and soft surfaces) then I dont think I'd be overly concerned.
 
star said:
is she's sound and happy the rest of the time then just dont flex her? it could just be really sore to be held up and flexed due to the previous surgery but if she's happy and completely sound the rest of the time (and i mean sound on trot up, lunge on hard and soft surfaces) then I dont think I'd be overly concerned.
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Agree with this. I'm sound and happy after a back operation several years ago, but if you held me in a funny shape and then made me run off, I'd definitely limp.....
 
star said:
is she's sound and happy the rest of the time then just dont flex her? it could just be really sore to be held up and flexed due to the previous surgery but if she's happy and completely sound the rest of the time (and i mean sound on trot up, lunge on hard and soft surfaces) then I dont think I'd be overly concerned.
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Hi Star,
She is totally sound my vet even wrote in her report sound prior and she is even bolting and jumping field gates I don't agree with flexion tests however due to being a single mum with a 2 year old i've had to put her up for sale and she can't pass a vetting. I do have the RVC coming out to have a look at her as that is pretty much crippled and my vet says to bute her
 
You are going to have to sell her and say she won't pass a vetting in your advert. Her price will need to reflect that, but there are people who won't worry and will take a chance.
 
My mare witg djd in her hocks is roughly 5/6ths lame when flexion tested.....but soun ridden, can do a 12 mile ride no problem, and in the feild. Vet said it's because he is putting unnatural pressure on the area that makes it hurt.
 
Isn't it amazing that when TB stores are vetted for and at the sales there are no flexion tests done, they are wind tested (lunged), trotted up before and after galloping reversed and turned sharply right and left to show the hind legs crossing and of course heart and eyes. These horses are then sold for up to 300,000 euro and yet a sport horse being sold for maybe 2,000 can fail the vet when the only thing it fails is the flexion test which it wouldn't have to do if it was a TB store.:confused:
 
I don't believe flexion tests are all they are cracked up to be and tbh if I had a horse vetted that failed one if I really liked the horse I would want to have it investigated further, and I wouldn't just not buy it.

I once made my horse really lame by flexion testing him. Luckily it wore off quite quickly, but I was so horrified by what I'd done I called the vet out the next day! I think I must have held the leg in the wrong place or something. Lesson learned. Leave it to the professionals! :O
 
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